st strong. i know when something terrible like this happens to people the natural question is how can god alaw tlow this to happen? the answer rabbis give is god works in mysterious ways that we don t understand. that s absolutely correct. but god created a word of physics. if i park a car on a hill and don t put it in park and put on a brake, gravity will make it go down the hill. there is nothing i can do. the real question is not why bad things happen to good people but how we respond. that s what is happening in this community. i participated in a prayer service that s ad hawk and priest and reform rabbis and walk in together when bad things